Windows 7, on Thursday, reported strong incomes and revenue growth in the third fiscal year. The rapid OS sales have been credited for the peppy balance sheet of Microsoft.

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer, Peter Klein stated that in the previous quarter, Windows 7 sufficiently provided required push for the figures to get better. He also said that the sectors expecting growth were Bing search, Xbox Live and the upcoming cloud services.

Net income of Microsoft for the quarter that ended March was recorded US $4.01 billion, i. e., 35% elevation from the figure last year, same period.

The revenue for third quarter was $14.5 billion, with an inclination of 6%. Exceeding the analysts' predictions by $0.03 per share, the earnings were at $0.45 per share.

As compared to the stats a year earlier, Windows sales for the overall revenue were 28% high. It is noticeable that Window 7 is being used by about 10% of PCs, globally.

The revenue collected by the Windows & Windows Live Division was $4.41 billion, which has apparently increased from $3.45 billion, last year.

In addition to this, the Server and Tools group managed to pull $3.57 billion that is $3.49 billion rise from what it was last year.